Car, home struck in separate reports of shots fired

ROCKFORD — A home and car were each struck by gunfire early this morning in separate reports of shots fired.

No one was injured.

Rockford Police were first called to the 1100 block of South Winnebago St. shortly after 2:30 a.m. today after a resident reported hearing one gunshot followed by three more shots fired in rapid succession. The front passenger window and rear driver’s window of a vehicle on Winnebago had been broken. No shell casings were recovered, police said.

A witness saw a thin black male in light-colored pants and a light-colored shirt run northbound toward Morgan Street after the shots were fired. The witness also saw a Hispanic male wearing red shorts, a white t-shirt and a blue jacket headed east toward South Court Street, police said.

Police were called around 6 a.m. to the 1100 block of 22nd Avenue, where a bullet had apparently broke through the window of a home.

Police said a woman inside the home was awoken around 4 a.m. by what she thought may have been a gunshot, but she went back to sleep without thinking much of it. She discovered a bullet hole in the window and called police around 6 a.m. They recovered shell casings outside the home.

Anyone with information may call the Rockford Police Shift Commander at 815-987-5824 or CrimeStoppers at 815-963-7867.